Books Blog : mysteries, Amelia Peabodyhttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/tags/mysteries/Amelia+Peabody/default.aspxTags: mysteries, Amelia PeabodyenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)Elementary, my dear Peabody ...http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/04/20/elementary-my-dear-peabody.aspxMon, 20 Apr 2009 20:37:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1439myzticrhythmz@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1439http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/04/20/elementary-my-dear-peabody.aspx#comments<p><img width="249" src="http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/ams/img/pyramid.jpg" alt="pyramid" height="274" style="vertical-align:top;" /></p>
<p>There are some books you read to stay current and informed, and some that you read because you &quot;should&quot; or you &quot;have to&quot;. Then there are the books you read simply for the pure enjoyment of reading them.</p>
<p>One of my favorite fun reads is the <b><i><a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search/d?SEARCH=Peabody,%20Amelia%20(Fictitious%20character)%20Fiction">Amelia Peabody</a></i></b> mystery series by<a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/apeters,%20elizabeth/apeters+elizabeth/1%2C3%2C116%2CB/exact&amp;FF=apeters+elizabeth+1927&amp;1%2C110%2C"> <b>Elizabeth Peters</b></a>. This series features intrepid Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson (aka &quot;Peabody&quot;) and is set between 1884 and 1923, mostly in Egypt. Our heroine is a wry, progressive woman, madly in love with her husband Professor Radcliffe Emerson (aka &quot;Emerson,&quot; or the &quot;Father of Curses&quot; to the native Egyptians), and ever-watchful of her precocious son Ramses. What makes this series so appealing is the interplay between characters, the witty dialogue, and the realistic way Peters paints turn-of-the-twentieth-century archaeology.</p>
<p>I have not read this series in order but have gone back to the beginning to pick up some of the first books. My most recent read was <b><i><a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search/t?SEARCH=lion%20in%20the%20valley">Lion in the Valley</a></i></b>. This story has Peabody, Emerson, Ramses and their entourage excavating pyramids, accompanied by a companion for Ramses and a wayward young woman in Amelia&#39;s care. The latter come with their own troubles, and when you add a couple of kidnappings, a couple of murders, and the return of Amelia&#39;s arch-enemy, the &quot;Master Criminal,&quot; the Emersons (and readers) are in for quite an adventure.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1439" width="1" height="1">humorfictionhistorical fictionmysteriesmystery serieswomen detectivesAmelia PeabodyEgyptElizabeth Peters